Download bought any medicines on prescription?

BOUGHT ANY
MEDICINES ON
PRESCRIPTION?
Want to make a claim? If you have recently seen a doctor who prescribed
any medicine(s), your ahm OSHC may reimburse you for the cost.
What is prescription
medicine?
Remember
‘Prescription medicine’ refers to medication
that requires a prescription from a doctor, to
enable the medicine to be provided.
Non-prescription medication
• For you to make a claim, the
prescription medicine must be
listed on the Pharmaceutical
Benefits Scheme (PBS) and
cost more than $35.40 per
prescribed item (as at 1/1/12)
Medicines, vitamins and herbal medicines
that can be purchased ‘over the counter’ for
example at a pharmacy, chemist or health
food store, without prescription from a doctor
are non-prescription medications. ahm OSHC
does not pay a benefit for these medications.
•You must have an itemised
receipt for the purchase of your
prescription medicine from a
pharmacy or chemist
I want to claim for my
prescription medicine
• You can claim up to a maximum
benefit of $50 per prescribed
medicine and a maximum of
$300 per year for a single ahm
OSHC policy and $600 per year for
a family ahm OSHC policy.
• Easy! After your visit to a doctor take your
prescription for medication to a pharmacy
• Purchase the medication and make sure
you receive an itemised receipt
• To make a claim with ahm OSHC, choose
one of the following options:
ONLINE Visit ahmoshc.com and click on
‘Make a claim online’. Complete the online
claim and submit
CLAIM OVER THE PHONE Phone ahm OSHC on
134 246, Monday to Friday between 8.30am
and 5pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
POST Complete a claim form and post
the completed form with your original
receipts, no stamp required, to ahm OSHC,
Reply Paid 75885, Matraville NSW 2036.
Claim forms are available to dowload and
print from our website or from your education
institution.
• You must also have a valid ahm
OSHC membership
I need more explanation
Anna was sick and visited her local medical centre and was given a prescription
by the doctor for some medication. The pharmacy charged Anna $25.00 for the
medicine. Anna cannot claim for a benefit for this medicine because the minimum
amount set by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is $35.40 and her
medicine cost less than that.
David went to his doctor and was given a prescription for medication that is listed
on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The pharmacy charged David $52.00
and gave him an itemised receipt. David can claim this through his ahm OSHC policy
because the cost of the medicine was greater than the minimum PBS amount of
$35.40. David’s benefit from ahm OSHC was $16.60 ($52.00 - $35.40).
134 246
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Visit our website at ahmoshc.com
‘Australian Health Management OSHC’ also known as ‘ahm OSHC’ is a business of Medibank Private Limited ABN 47 080 890 259.
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